Despite the world's population being almost equally divided between urban and rural dwellers, the vast majority without access to water and sanitation live in rural areas.

尽管世界上城市和农村的人口数量大致相当，但绝大多数没有获得水和卫生设施的人口生活在农村地区。

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According to world Bank research, 55 percent of the world's population will live in urban areas by 2020.

根据世界银行的研究结果，到2020年，世界人口的55%将居住在城镇地区。

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The findings — consistent with research in more urban regions — may apply to others in the world, whether they live in smaller towns or cosmopolitan areas, Sutin said.

在大多数城市所作的研究得出的结论都是一致的。 这些结论可以运用于世界上其他的城市。

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In Latin America, a quarter of the urban population live in slums and the youth population in urban areas is larger than it has ever been and growing.

UNESCO: One in twelve young people in Latin America and the Caribbean fail to complete primary school and lack skills for work | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

But the municipality says it wants to double the number of urban hukou holders by turning 10m of its rural citizens (some of whom already live in urban areas) into card-carrying urbanites over the next ten years.

ECONOMIST: Urbanisation

Clark noted that people who embrace the car sharing concepts tend to have above-average incomes and live in more urban areas, so he expects RelayRides to gain members in cities such Portland, Chicago, Denver and Washington, D.

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